Hello all, Things are turning around already. There's probably a quarter acre puddle 1/2" to an inch deep. Already 4 killdeer !!!!! are visiting. The water also seems to be attracting bluebirds, kinglets, starlings, and crows. AMOTUS Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]